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Last week a reader brought up the shrimp on sale at Fiesta. It’s true, there was cheap shrimp, and I didn’t report it. Reason? I’m still on the fence about their fish counter. It looks like mayhem with added fishy smell. This week there’s salmon, $3.99/lb for a whole, $5.99 for pieces. Which is cheap, it’s true. Does anyone out there shop the Fiesta fish counter regularly? Am I being fussy? Is all that advice about ‘clear bright eyes’ and ‘no fishy smell’ all just what clinically clean people think, and I should thank my lucky stars I live in a world where somehow people can farm salmon and send them to the middle of Texas for cheaper than steak?

Also this week, the Randalls entry was nearly very different. I considered typing, “There are a lot of pantry staples on sale, but you’ve got to buy six of things, and it’s Randalls, so, screw it.” Their site is only displaying the mobile version of the flyer, and buying six is pesky. Just put stuff on sale like normal people, Randalls! Because I care I went ahead and dealt with their nonsense. For you. Because I know you want those green stamps.

On to the sales! This week I’m going to be buying raspberries, whole chickens, potatoes, and limes. I’ll also be buying a couple dozen boxes of pasta at Randalls, so look forward to a ‘before’ and ‘after’ shot of reorganizing my pantry to accommodate that!

*About the grackle HEBs–here’s the list. Yes, it’s not the sharpest. Apparently HEB doesn’t think anyone out there wants to read this information so it’s in a font size designed to make me feel squinty.

You can check the flyer in the front of the store, if you’re not sure. The general guideline is, as always, if the HEB is updated, large, and has a full butcher counter, it’s likely a ‘less grackle’ HEB. If the HEB is small, has a jewelry counter, and feels sketchy as hell, that’s probably a ‘more grackle’ HEB.

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Brenda Caissiesays:

Hi Cheepie! First of all I love that you do this! Have turned of friends + family to you. Found you on Reddit. Your question on Salmon…….DON”T eat farmed salmon. It is LOADED with poop. Yes seriously dear Cheepie poop, antibiotics, chemicals and other nasty nasty stuff. FS is high in Omega 3 the fat we don’t want. Darlin it is also really bad for the environment. Huge salmon farms kill of other fish in the area. Well if its killing other living things, eating it?? Hmmmm doesn’t sound like a good idea to me. I wouldn’t feed it to my family. It IS the DD of the ocean. Here is a link to assist with some basic research from the Cleveland clinic. I make my case, of course we all have to decide for ourselves. Fish Faceoff: Wild Salmon vs. Farmed Salmon – Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic